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Former India left-arm spinner Sridharan Sriram returned as the brand new technical advisor of the Bangladesh Cricket Team on Thursday forward of the ODI World Cup 2023. As reported by ESPNcricinfo, Sriram will be part of the Bangladesh staff in Guwahati on September 27 when the staff will probably be making preparations for his or her two warm-up matches earlier than the beginning of the upcoming ODI World Cup. According to the BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus, the previous India spinner will give crucial information about Indian circumstances to Khaled Mahmud, who joined because the staff director this month.
Yunus added that the brand new technical advisor will give info relating to India’s climate and pitch circumstances to gamers since many of the Bangladeshi gamers haven’t performed in India. Yunus believes that Sriram’s enter to the staff will probably be essential.
“Sriram has joined as the technical consultant. We will get a lot of technical support from him,” Yunus mentioned. “He knows all the wickets in India. He can tell us about the weather conditions too. Very few of our players have played in India, so his input will be quite important,” Yunus mentioned as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
Earlier in 2022 Sriram performed the function of the technical advisor for Bangladesh cricket and was additionally the pinnacle coach of the staff within the T20Is. Before choosing the function in 2022, he was Australia’s spin-bowling coach for six years.
He took Bangladesh to the T20 World Cup in Australia, wherein the staff gained two video games and was in competition for a semi-final spot untill their final group sport.
Sriram additionally just lately joined because the assistant coach of the IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants, so it’s probably that his time with the Bangladesh staff will once more be restricted to a World Cup.
In the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023, Bangladesh will lock horns in opposition to Afghanistan of their event opener on October 7 on the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.
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